Shu Blossoms

Chapter 363 Confrontation
"The buttermilk brought all the way is still edible?"

It was Emperor Zhou who had been silent all the time who spoke.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, if we just transport buttermilk from Wei to Zhou, we will not be able to eat it anymore. We have specially made a carriage, and raised a few cows and sheep along the way. These cheeses were squeezed by cow slaves this morning and just cooked. Yes! I specially put the tea bricks that the princess loves, I think the princess will like it!"

It was the servant with the buttermilk who answered, Xia Houqing kept his head down and did not respond.

Zheng Wei couldn't help curling her lips when she heard the words, she was just really not used to drinking buttermilk at the beginning, she had no choice but to cook cheese with tea bricks that Tuoba Yu was not used to, if she liked it, she really didn't like it!
Emperor Zhou was very interested. He smiled and asked, "I have heard that you like buttermilk. I am very curious about how delicious buttermilk is. I don't know how much buttermilk you have. Can you share a cup with each of us? !"

The meaning of that seems to be
When Emperor Zhou said this, everyone was shocked. The Queen pulled Emperor Zhou aside and said in a worried voice: "Your Majesty, no, if the northerners have evil intentions, wouldn't it be..."

All the courtiers looked at each other, and the King of Mausoleum sneered and said, "Your Majesty, I tasted this buttermilk when I was an envoy to Wei a few years ago. I really... I'm not used to drinking it. Your Majesty should not taste it!"

Xia Houqing also raised his head to look at Zhou Di at this time, when Zheng Wei looked, Zhou Di was also looking at Xia Houqing, there seemed to be a flash of fire in the eyes of the two of them, and the smell of gunpowder gradually permeated the audience.

Emperor Zhou said to Xia Houqing with a half-smile: "You can't know if you're used to drinking until you try it. Do you think it's General Xiahou?"

Xia Houqing looked at the undisguised sarcasm in Emperor Zhou's eyes, as if he was laughing at him, who was a majestic southerner, who went to be a dog for the southerners, and he was willing to be treated like a dog.

He clenched his hands tightly, with bulging veins on his forehead, and he looked like he was going to bulge. The servant who was holding the tray looked at him worriedly.

Emperor Zhou was waiting for Xia Houqing to explode. Everyone in the hall was looking at Xia Houqing. The old people in the hall ten years ago knew about the feud between Xiahou clan and Yue clan. However, the courtiers who didn't know about this old incident looked at the confrontation between the two in confusion, and asked the people around them why His Majesty suddenly wanted to have trouble with a young general of the Wei Mission.

Zheng Wei somewhat disapproved of Zhou Emperor provoking Xia Houqing at this time, after all tomorrow A Wan will go to Wei with the mission, if Xia Hou Qing remembers to trip A Wan on the way, A Wan will suffer.

After what seemed like a long time, Xia Houqing relaxed slowly, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, sometimes as long as you can live and do what you want to do, it doesn't matter whether you are used to it or not. If you want to come here to experience Your Majesty also has a deep understanding."

Zheng Wei was a little surprised, although Xia Houqing's words were sharp, but facing Zhou Emperor's public humiliation and the humiliation of his father and even his family, he still endured it, and he retorted neither humble nor overbearing, and did not come to fruition .

Xia Houqing has matured a lot in recent years!
Emperor Zhou was a little surprised and disappointed when he saw Xia Houqing's response, but all of these seemed to be in his expectation, so he just smiled lightly, "It seems that General Xia Houqing is not used to drinking this buttermilk. There's nothing to drink, so don't drink it."

The meaning of Emperor Zhou's words is that the Xiahou family only joined the Tuoba family to save their lives, and he was not loyal to the Great Wei in his heart.

This is to provoke the relationship between Tuoba clan and Xiahou clan!
And the effect seems to be quite obvious, Xia Houqing and Pingyang King's faces are a little gloomy.

Then Emperor Zhou turned his head to look at Zheng Wei, "Princess Danyang likes to drink this?"

Zheng Wei frowned, secretly groaning inwardly, his uncle's misfortune Shuidong's quotation was too bad, and he actually dumped it on his own family!

She shook her head with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, I can't get used to drinking this stuff, I put in tea bricks and almonds to force my mouth!"

Xia Houqing could only sigh with regret when he heard the words, "It's a pity that our majesty has one heart. Since the princess doesn't like it, we can't force it. The foreign minister has prepared other thank you gifts here, and I hope the princess will accept it."

While talking, someone brought two wooden boxes again, Xia Houqing said: "These two boxes are a thank-you gift to Princess Danyang, and I hope the princess will accept it with a smile."

Then he said to A Wan: "Princess Zhaoyang is about to become the wife of our Great Wei Emperor, Your Majesty has also prepared a generous gift for the princess, and it has been sent to the princess' mansion, and the princess will see you when she returns. "

Awan got up and slightly returned the salute, and said softly: "Wei Emperor has a heart!"

Xia Houqing saluted with fists in his hands and sat back. The banquet had just started and was about to end. Many people in the hall felt like they were sitting on pins and needles. Only a few parties should eat and drink, looking at ease.

The crowd managed to stay up until the end of the banquet, and after seeing off the Emperor Zhou and the others, they all left the palace in a hurry. Zheng Wei and A Wan looked at each other in bewilderment, not understanding what Xia Houqing meant. One was sent to the mansion, the other was given in front of everyone, and the person who was sent was not the future Empress of Wei.

Isn't this slapping Princess Zhaoyang in the face?
Princess Zhaoyang herself didn't really care, she just looked at Zheng Wei worriedly, just now she turned her head and found that Princess Chang's face was as black as ink.

Zheng Wei followed Awan's instructions, and also took a look at the eldest princess, and said inwardly that she was sorry, after she came back four years ago and reached a unity with her elder brother, she kept the fact of going to the battlefield a secret, Xia Houqing was looking at His Majesty If you can't get any benefits, come and cheat yourself!
She could imagine that tonight was destined to be a stormy night for herself.

Sure enough, the Eldest Princess didn't wait for her when she got into the carriage, but left them and went straight back, Zheng Wei and A Wan didn't dare to show their anger, so they had to go to the carriage of the two behind, Zheng Wei squeezed into A Wan's carriage, With a wrinkled face, he said, "Sister, what do you think I should do? Eldest brother is not in the capital, and I am the only one facing A Niang alone. I am afraid to think about it! How about I go back to the palace and hide for a night?"

Seeing her being so cowardly, Ah Wan couldn't help but chuckle, Zheng Wei's monkey temper can only be cowardly when facing the eldest princess.

She suppressed a smile and said: "Since my aunt already knows, you can hide from the first day of the lunar new year but not the fifteenth day. If you hide in the palace tonight, the aunt's anger will accumulate all night, and you will not be able to lift the roof of the princess mansion tomorrow." ?”

"No, no! At most, she just broke into the palace in a fit of anger and beat me up. Maybe His Majesty and the Queen can help me block it?"

Looking at Awan's suspicious eyes, Zheng Wei suddenly thought of the last time Emperor Zhou pushed him out with no loyalty, his shoulders drooped in an instant, and he resigned himself to watching the carriage gradually leave Zhaoyang County Lord's Mansion. close.

Her heart also became more and more disturbed.

"Auntie, this happened a few years ago, we don't want to turn over old scores!"

Zheng Wei cautiously entered the eldest princess's room. When she reached the door, she was very spineless and wanted to run away, but Mrs. He and Ah Qing blocked her way, so she didn't make it.

Just now, Ah Wan gave her advice, if she really couldn't bear it anymore, she would pretend to be dizzy, anyway, her wounds had just healed, and her body was still weak!

Zheng Wei thought of many ways to escape, but when she entered the inner room and saw the eldest princess, she suddenly couldn't think of anything.

(End of this chapter)